Has there ever been any official or semi-official word on an eventual replacement or replacement date? T.2s or the first tranche Typhoons would seem the only realistic replacement in the next ten years or so wouldn't they?

At Duxford 2014 September show one of the team's pr people told me they planned to stay with the team at least until they change aircraft. No timescale given or new type hinted at of course but it was said to me as a when not an if.

Airborne263 wrote:Re the replacement for the Hawk, aren't the Austrians getting rid of theirì fleet of 15 Typhoons around about 2020

Why would we need to buy second hand Typhoons off the Asutrians when we have hangars full of tranche 1 Typhoons of our own which are now essentially obsolete as the person/ committee writing the procurement contract didn't think to include that all further developments for tranche 2 onwards would require backwards comparability with tranche 1 aircraft.